Project Runway star reveals teen suicide bid

Project Runway's Tim Gunn has released a video describing how he tried to kill himself as a teenager after being bullied because he was gay.

"As a 17-year-old youth who was in quite a bit of despair, I attempted to kill myself," the now 57-year-old said.

"I'm very happy today that that attempt was unsuccessful, but at the time it's all I could contemplate. I thought I need to end things right now."

The two-minute video was produced for the "It Gets Better" campaign by the Trevor Project - an American-wide suicide prevention hotline for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth.

Gunn is the latest celebrity to speak out in support of gay teens following the suicide last week of 19-year-old student Tyler Clementi, whose encounter with a gay man was secretly filmed by a roommate and distributed on the internet.